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'A very important day for Home Rule' | Trump admin, DC reach compromise about control of Metropolitan Police Department

The order by a federal official to replace the police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on an "emergency" basis has ...

Congressional Democrats Move to End Trump’s Control of D.C. Police

House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced legislation that would end the Trump administration’s control of Washington’s ...

DOJ backs off attempt to install emergency DC police chief

New order will have DEA head serve as the designee of the attorney general for the purposes of requesting service.

DOJ removes D.C. emergency police chief, agrees to rewrite immigration directive

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C. The District ...

US attorney general names DEA boss Cole as DC's 'emergency police commissioner'

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive late on Thursday naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as ...
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D.C. Settles Police Officer’s Lawsuit Charging Its Crime Statistics Are Deliberately Understated

A former MPD sergeant claims that top officials sought to ‘downgrade crimes in order to make crime look like it was less than ...

Fresh off taking control of D.C. police, Trump announces he’ll host CBS's Kennedy Center Honors TV broadcast

Trump’s Wednesday announcement had the feel of both an awards reveal and a political rally. Seated in the front row to ...

Karoline Leavitt says chief of police now answers to Trump who is Commander-in-Chief of DC force

The White House has confirmed the temporary chain of command for the District of Columbia police force over the next month, ...